Dust-chute for buildings.



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J. C. KIMSEY.

DUST CHUTE FOR BUILDINGS.

(No Model.)

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JAMES C. KIMSEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

DUST-CHUTE FOR BUILDINGS.

SPEQEEICATIGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 691,149, dated January 14,1902.

Application filed November 23, 1901- Serial No. 83,413 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that 1, JAMES C. KIMSE Y, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented a Dust-Chute for Buildings, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a building with a chute or well extending from the several rooms to the cellar, in order that the dust or sweepings from a room may be swept directly into the chute or well and be deposited into the lower end thereof. cachinlet to the chute from the rooms being protected by a sliding door, while the lower end of each chute, located in the cellar, is also provided with a door to provide for removing the contents of the chute at any time.

With the above objects in view the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the parts, as hereinafter described, and more specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view of a building, showing the application of the chutes. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the inlet. Fig. 3 is a sectional view.

In carrying out my inventionl provide the building with chutes A, which are located between the studdings and extend from the several rooms to the cellar, it being purposed to provide a single chute for several rooms that are located one above the other,where such an arrangement is practical, or to provide each room of the building with a separate chute. The chutes are made of sheet metal or tin and open into each room through the washboard, so that the lower end of the inlet to the chute may be located on a line with the floor. Each inlet is provided with a door B, which is preferably a part of the washboard, so as to form a continuation thereof. The section or door is provided with tongues d, sliding in grooves cl and when raised is held bya mortised spring-catch e.

The lowerend of each chute is also provided with a door 0, which may be either a sliding or a swinging door, and is preferably fitted so as to be air-tight, so that no draft will be created through the chute when one of the inlet-doors is opened.

The use of the chute will be readily under stood, for in sweeping a room the door 13 is raised and held supported by the catch, leaving an opening to the chute into which the sweepings from the room may be swept. After the room has been thoroughly swept and the sweepings brushed into the chute the door Bis closed, and as said door forms a part of the washboard the device will be concealed. The sliding door is provided with a handle h, which may be the ordinary door-stop, as shown.

To provide against dust blowing into a room when door B is open, the chute is provided with a swinging cut-cit f, located slightly below the door-opening and operated by a rod f, connected to the door and to said cut-off. This cut-off is employed when the chute communicates with several rooms, one above the other, and prevents a draft from a lower room into an upper room. Said cut-01f also forms a shelf upon which the dust is swept, and will deposit the dust into the chute when the sliding door is closed. The operation of the cut oif is automatic, the opening movement of the door bringing it into a horizontal position across the chute, while the closing of the door tilts it downward, so that it will remain open while the door is closed.

By providing a building with a dust-chute, as hereinbefore described, the labor of sweeping a room will be greatly simplified, and the dirt or sweepings will not have to be carried through the house. The sweepings may remain in the bottom of the chute and be removed at any time.

A building can be provided with chutes during construction at comparatively small cost, and chutes of this kind will be found convenient not only as a depository for sweepings, but also for scrap paper and odds and ends, which can be quickly disposed of by depositing same in the chute.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. Adust-chute for buildings, consisting of a chute A extending from a room to the cellar, an opening to the chute on a line with the floor of the room, a door forming part of the washboard covering said opening, and a door at the lower end of the chute fitting the same tightly, substantially as shown and described.

2. A dust-chute for buildings, comprising a chute A extending from a room to the cellar, an opening to the chute ona line with the floor of the room, a vertically-sliding door forming a part of the Washboard and adapted to cover said opening, and a door at the lower end of the chute adapted to cover an opening therein through which the dust is taken from said chute, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a dust-chute for buildings, the combination, of a chute A located in the partitions and extending from the upper rooms to the cellar, said chute having inlet-openings on a line with the floor of each room, doors covering said inlet-openings, cut-ofis located in the chute below the inlet-openings, and means connecting the cut-offs to the doors so as to be operated thereby, substantially as shown and described. v

4. In a dust-chute for buildings, the coinbination, of a chute A located in the partitions and extending from the upper rooms to the cellar, said chute having inlet-openings on a line with the floor of each room, vertically-sliding doors B forming a part of the washboard and adapted to cover said inletopenings, a mortised spring-catch e for holding the door open, swinging cnt-offsf located in the chute below the inlet-openings, and

rods f connecting the cut-offs to the sliding doors; together with a door closing an opening at the lower end of the chute, as herein shown and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES C. KIMSEY. Witnesses:

THos. SHALLCBOSS, J r., H. MACKEY. 

